Ion Current in Hall Thrusters

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2015-2024

  Katz, Ira ^a   Hofer, Richard R ^a   Goebel, Dan M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Hall thrusters; particle simulations; plasma propulsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008013479     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2004219     Document Type: Article

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